India, which was to host the QUAD this year, will host the summit next year.
Washington:
China and Russia are concerned about strengthening India-US ties as it promotes inclusion, peace and peaceful resolution of conflicts while valuing diverse voices in society, a top US diplomat said on Monday. .
“Frankly, why do you think China and Russia are so concerned about this partnership? Because we bring a way of life to the rest of the world, which is about inclusion, about peace, about conflict. about the peaceful resolution of the law, and it's about hearing everyone's voice in society,” Richard Verma, deputy secretary for state management and resources, said in response to a question at the prestigious Hudson Institute, when He commented on India-US relations.
Mr Verma said relations between India and the US are in a “very different mode” from how some of the latter's adversaries operate.
The diplomat noted that this uniqueness is why President Joe Biden has called the relationship between the two countries “the definitive relationship of the century.”
He recalled that nearly 20 years ago, when he was standing in the Senate with then Senator Biden and Staff Director Tony Blanken, Biden had said that if America and India were close friends and partners by 2020, the world would be a safer place. will become .
“Not just because we have two big armies, not just because we have two big economies, but because we actually stand for something that people around the world want,” Mr Verma said. It has importance in daily life.
Responding to a question on QUAD, Mr. Verma said that it aims to promote peace, security, stability and prosperity.
“I see what Quad has, what kind of statements and announcements he's made about technology, for example … technology for good, no harassment, no surveys, no disinformation, key. Setting a set of rules, going even further, on some of our work on quantum computing and cyber security,” he said.
“When I look at what the Quad has said and done about energy transition, trade, principle-based order, I don't think it should take a military role. Indians are not in favor of that. Frankly, I It doesn't. I think we need it, there are other places to deal with basic military issues.
“I think it's about like-minded countries, two of which are treaty allies of the United States, coming together in a different form, in a different architecture, the most important in the Indo-Pacific. The high population is actually bringing the country to some new charts that we haven't charted before,” Verma said.
“I think it has a positive impact on security without a treaty-based security organization. There is great promise and excitement in QUAD. I think the meeting this weekend will be very important. It will be historic.” QUAD will only continue to build in many ways,” said the top US diplomat.
US President Joe Biden will host the fourth in-person Quad Leaders Summit at his Delaware residence next week, in a rare gesture to his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan, a presidential spokesman announced Thursday.
India, which was to host the QUAD this year, will host the summit next year. The QUAD leadership summit is a Biden initiative and one of the key foreign policy legacies for the outgoing US president.
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